Church Of All Saints And St James

The Church of All Saints and St James is a church dating from the late 13th century, located in Nunnington. The west tower was constructed in the 17th century, and the church was restored and largely rebuilt in 1883-84, with the addition of a porch, vestry, and a new tower arch. It is constructed of rubble stone with stone flag roofs.

The west tower is two-stage, with a quoined base and a pointed west window featuring two cusped lights and panel tracery. The tower has paired, louvred bell openings in chamfered, square-headed surrounds with mullions, string courses, and an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. A gabled south porch has scalloped barge boards and a pointed, chamfered doorway with a head-stopped hoodmould, the west stop being original. The east side of the nave has three pointed windows with cusped Y tracery, set on a chamfered sill band. The north side of the nave mirrors the south side, except for the absence of a porch arch. The chancel has a pointed priest's door with a hoodmould and a small lancet window to the west. An east window has geometrical tracery and a corbelled hoodmould. The north side of the chancel is masked by a gabled vestry with a reset lancet window in its gable. Paired octagonal stacks rise at the base of the chancel roof. The chancel east window is of two lights with geometrical tracery and a corbelled hoodmould. The church has coped gables with gablets and finials to the nave and chancel.

Inside, a two-centred tower arch leads to the nave. The chancel arch is double-chamfered and pointed, resting on corbels. Door and window openings are deeply splayed and quoined. The nave features a crown post roof. Fragments of 10th-century stone carvings, including interlace and a portion of a dragon, are preserved in the northwest corner of the nave. A 17th-century pulpit displays incised carving and blind arcaded panels, and a tall cylindrical font has an octagonal cover and finial, likely dating to the 17th century. The sanctuary contains a restored piscina and aumbry. A west screen and lectern are by Thompson of Kilburn. Various monuments are present including a reset effigy, said to be of Sir Walter de Teye (d1325), a marble wall monument by James Gibbs and Rysbrack dedicated to Lord Widdrington (d1743), a wall tablet to Thomas Jackson (d1760) who was known for his achievements at horse racing, a wall tablet to Emily Cleaver (d1806) by Taylor of York, and a wall monument with segmental pediment and putti heads to Richard Graham, First Viscount Preston (d1695). His grave slab with a brass escutcheon is located to the south of the sanctuary.